Checkpoint

If you're in the market for a new car and have been holding out for prices to drop, you might be out of luck.

A vehicle shortage caused by the pandemic has seen the average sale price for both new… Read more Audio

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Immigration New Zealand says there was no special treatment for Green MP Ricardo Menendez March, when it granted his partner a visa.

His partner was living in Mexico and was granted a six-month… Read more Video, Audio

The brakes won't go on trucks on the Auckland Harbour Bridge for at least a decade if at all according to Waka Kotahi.

On average about 170,000 vehicles cross the bridge everyday and over the years… Read more Video, Audio

The man fatally shot by the police in Papatoetoe last night was a 501 deportee from Australia.

The police say 34-year-old Tangaru Noere Turia was deported from Australia in 2017, under section 501 of… Read more Video, Audio

Real estate agents are under fire for failing to repay millions of dollars in wage subsidies, despite record property prices and a booming market.

Checkpoint can reveal more than $13 million was paid… Read more Video, Audio

More people are having to self-isolate tonight after another person linked to the February cluster broke the rules before testing positive.

This new case - labelled L - is a household contact of a… Read more Video, Audio

A review that found a charitable trust guilty of high costs and a lack of transparency has been labelled "strange and ridiculous". The chair of the Christchurch Foundation made the comments as he… Read more Audio

The government has pulled another lever to try to slow the runaway housing market - requiring the Reserve Bank to take house prices into account.

National says the move's far too late and a senior… Read more Audio

'Close-plus', 'close', 'casual-plus' and 'casual' - the ever-widening net of contact categories in Auckland's Covid-19 response is stirring up confusion.

As officials try to contain Auckland's… Read more Audio

Former Wellington mayors are throwing their two cents worth in over the shambolic goings on at the council.

There are also questions being raised about whether Mayor Andy Foster even has the… Read more Audio

Immigration bosses are looking into the case of a Green MP's partner to ensure no special treatment was given regarding his visa application.

Ricardo Menendez March flew to Mexico in December to care… Read more Audio